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In order to cope with the decreasing availability of symphony jobs and collegiate faculty positions, many musicians are starting to pursue less traditional career paths. Also, to combat declining audiences, musicians are exploring ways to cultivate new and enthusiastic listeners through relevant and engaging performances. Due to these challenges, many community-based chamber music ensembles have been formed throughout the United States. These groups not only focus on performing classical music, but serve the needs of their communities as well. The problem, however, is that many musicians have not learned the business skills necessary to create these career opportunities. In this document I discuss the steps ensembles must take to develop sustainable careers. I first analyze how groups build a strong foundation through getting to know their communities and creating core values. I then discuss branding and marketing so ensembles can develop a public image and learn how to publicize themselves. This is followed by an investigation of how ensembles make and organize their money. I then examine the ways groups ensure long-lasting relationships with their communities and within the ensemble. I end by presenting three case studies of professional ensembles to show how groups create and maintain successful careers. Ensembles must develop entrepreneurship skills in addition to cultivating their artistry. These business concepts are crucial to the longevity of chamber groups. Through interviews of successful ensemble members and my own personal experiences in the Tetra String Quartet, I provide a guide for musicians to use when creating a community-based ensemble.
ContributorsDalbey, Jenna (Author) / Landschoot, Thomas (Thesis advisor) / McLin, Katherine (Committee member) / Ryan, Russell (Committee member) / Solis, Theodore (Committee member) / Spring, Robert (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
Real-time composer-performer collaboration as explored in Wilderness, a dance and audio installation
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From fall 2010 to spring 2011, the author was the pianist in twenty public performances of Wilderness, a site-adaptable dance and audio installation by choreographer Yanira Castro and composer Stephan Moore. Wilderness's music was generated as the result of an algorithmic treatment of data collected from the movements of both dancers and audience members within the performance space. The immediacy of using movement to instantaneously generate sounds resulted in the need for a real-time notational environment inhabited by a sight-reading musician. Wilderness provided the author the opportunity to extensively explore an extreme sight-reading environment, as well as the experience of playing guided improvisations over existing materials while incorporating lateral thinking strategies, resulting from a real-time collaboration between composer and performer during the course of a live performance. This paper describes Wilderness in detail with particular attention focused on aspects of the work that most directly affect the pianist: the work's real-time notational system, live interaction between composer and performer, and the freedoms and limitations of guided improvisation. There is a significant amount of multi-media documentation of Wilderness available online, and the reader is directed toward this online content in the paper's appendix.
ContributorsDauphinais, Michael (Author) / Campbell, Andrew (Thesis advisor) / Hackbarth, Glenn (Committee member) / McAllister, Timothy (Committee member) / Pilafian, J. Samuel (Committee member) / Ryan, Russell (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2012
ContributorsMontana, Matthew (Performer) / Dauphinais, Michael (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2010-04-22
ContributorsSaville, Lara (Performer) / Dauphinais, Michael (Performer) / Swim, Sara (Performer) / Zwahlen, Ryan (Performer) / Neuenschwander, Amy (Performer) / Tholl, Andrew (Performer) / Rigby, Dave (Performer) / Campbell, Kerry (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2000-04-11
ContributorsPreble, Deborah J. (Performer) / Licon, Peggy (Performer) / Stocker, David, 1939- (Performer) / Glenn, Ruth (Performer) / Dooley, Kathleen (Performer) / Women's Choir (Performer) / Arizona Statesmen (Performer) / University Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1984-10-21
ContributorsDalbey, Jenna (Performer) / Nixon, Thomas (Performer) / Hsu, Jui-Ling (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2010-12-04
ContributorsLarson, Brook (Conductor) / Parthun, Karen (Conductor) / Simmons, Mark (Conductor) / Dauphinais, Michael (Performer) / Hickman, Miriam, 1955- (Performer) / Men's Chorus (Performer) / University Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1998-11-22
ContributorsCain, Rebecca (Performer) / Dauphinais, Michael (Performer) / Kukumi, Klara (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2000-04-05
ContributorsKnowles, Emily (Performer) / Dauphinais, Michael (Performer) / Tseng, Yu-Ting (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2009-12-04
ContributorsKallenberg, Jennifer A. (Performer) / Gabbard, Ray (Performer) / Nemko, Deborah (Performer) / Weber, Steven T (Performer) / Talleda, Joseph (Performer) / Women's Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1991-02-28